Youngstown City v. Trim

POLLOCK, J.. The evidence shows that there was a hole or depression in the sidewalk at this place of- possibly eleven or twelve or fourteen inches in diameter, and the depression is stated at various depths. One witness who was standing within a few feet of where the plaintiff below fell, gives the depth of this hole at about two inches. The mother-in-law of this iady, and the lady herself, say the hole was about three or four inches deep, and Mr. Johnson, who is connected with the city administration, and probably whose duty it is to go and investigate places where people claim to be injured…